# 1993 Volkswagen Cabriolet - Help starting this VW **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** volkswagen\ **Created:** [May 21, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1993-volkswagen-cabriolet-help-starting-this-vw/164654 "2020-05-21T21:13:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![billseymour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@billseymour](https://community.cartalk.com/u/billseymour)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1993-volkswagen-cabriolet-help-starting-this-vw/164654/1 "2020-05-21T21:13:02Z")
will not start. getting spark to plugs. injectors, can smell gas when keep trying to start so assume getting gas. Coil, dist cap and ign. mod. was replaced. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1993-volkswagen-cabriolet-help-starting-this-vw/164654/2 "2020-05-22T17:04:13Z")
Why did you replace these parts? What tests did you run to determine they were bad? How did you test for spark? How did you test for proper injector operation? ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1993-volkswagen-cabriolet-help-starting-this-vw/164654/3 "2020-05-22T21:46:14Z")
Not much info to go on as to how things were done, but does the engine seem to crank over easily and what were the circumstances behind it dying while running or refusing to start? Just hoping this is not a matter of a snapped timing belt which is the worst case scenario.